Aug 1998
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Generative AI enabled
This study undertakes an econometric analysis of data on the use of child care services and labor force participation drawn from a survey of 1,720 households in 15 'favelas' or slums, in…
Jul 1998
Felipe Cárdenas-Arroyo, Colombian archaeologist from the University of Los Andes in Bogotá, CASVA scholar, specialist in pre-Hispanic mummification and human bone.
Jul 1998
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Generative AI enabled
This paper investigates the effects of short-run economic shocks on children's progress through school in urban Brazil using a unique panel data set.
Jul 1998
In the first half of 1998, the impact of the Asian crisis on the level of economic activity in the four MERCOSUR countries was, in addition to being reasonably differentiated, much less severe than…
Jul 1998
Does early childbearing restrict women's social and economic opportunities? These questions are explored by examining the effects, first on marital status and family formation, and second on…
Jul 1998
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Generative AI enabled
This article discusses the plight of poor women around the world and the feminization of poverty. The evidence is imperfect, but current trends suggest that women account for a growing proportion of…
Jun 1998
IDB America reports on economic and social development trends in Latin America and the Caribbean and on the activities of the IDB. It is published 10 times annually in Spanish and English.
Jun 1998
Forty-five works by Surinamese painters, sculptors, draftsmen, printmakers and ceramicists, representing an eclectic artistic community comprising Amerindian, African, Indian, Indonesian, Jewish,…
Jun 1998
This document analyses the experience of community participation and sustainability in the Local Development Programme (PRODEL) in Nicaragua. The goal of PRODEL is to improve the physical and…
Jun 1998
This paper discusses the reform of institutions of justice as a way to eradicate violence in society. The use of violence has long been the method by which numerous societies have resolved disputes.…
Jun 1998
This paper (IFM-115) evaluates a set of contractual adjustments, renegotiations and disputes that have taken place in different public utility industries in Argentina since 1991, considering: 1)…
Jun 1998
This paper discusses problems with demand-driven training in Latin America. With the collapse of the supply-driven training model, a difficult adjustment was required to redeploy training program…
Jun 1998
This conference discusses the responsibility of media when reporting on crime and the hidden purposes coverage may pursue. The interpretation of crime phenomenon by the press has become a two-edged…
Jun 1998
This discussusion paper deciphers how poverty and income distribution were affected by economic shocks in the Latin American region. Empirical evidence suggests that macroeconomic shocks can result…
Jun 1998
The main focus of this paper is the application of explicit criteria to set health priorities in lending projects and sector work. It draws lessons from 24 studies undertaken in low- and middle-…
May 1998
IDB America reports on economic and social development trends in Latin America and the Caribbean and on the activities of the IDB. It is published 10 times annually in Spanish and English.
May 1998
Roberto Suro (1951-), North American reporter for The Washington Post, former Bureau Chief of The New York Times in Houston, Texas, and Director of Pew Hispanic Center.
May 1998
This inaugural issue of Microenterprise Development Review looks at some innovative examples of commercial microfinance from around Latin America and the Caribbean and examines the conditions that…
Apr 1998
IDB America reports on economic and social development trends in Latin America and the Caribbean and on the activities of the IDB. It is published 10 times annually in Spanish and English.
Apr 1998
Albalucía Angel (1939-), Colombian experimental novelist and pioneer of Latin American postmodernism, Vivencias Award (1975), folksinger and journalist.